Re: E&N/SVI photos and video

« Reply #1206 on: Apr 21st, 2009, 6:10am »

Nice pics and videos Vicguy!

One question: how do the twins get on the south side of the 2 empties?

I'm assuming the sequence here was:

1) 4 full propane cars being hauled north.

2) The twins with the 4 full cars haul the 2 empties out of the spur.

3) The 2 empties are switched onto the mainline.

4) The 4 full cars are switched onto the spur.

5) Now the twins couple to the 2 empties on the mainline... but unless I'm missing something here, they're on the (north) wrong side of the 2 empties... and in the last video, the twins are on the south side of the empties heading back to the yard.

Is there a loop just north of the propane spur that they use to run around the cars?

They normally use the Wellington siding just north of the propane place.

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Re: E&N/SVI photos and video

« Reply #1208 on: Apr 21st, 2009, 10:12pm »

Wow...in that first video, he either didn't want to hold up that white truck, or wanted to put on an acceleration show for the camera! That sounded like he made it at least to notch 4 going past the camera...

Re: E&N/SVI photos and video

« Reply #1209 on: Apr 22nd, 2009, 12:09am »

Wow...in that first video, he either didn't want to hold up that white truck, or wanted to put on an acceleration show for the camera! That sounded like he made it at least to notch 4 going past the camera...

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Re: E&N/SVI photos and video

« Reply #1216 on: May 20th, 2009, 1:40am »

Another great video which may have answered my question about how a Duncan / Victoria turn looked and ran after CN shutdown their barge slip in Victoria. I imagine all of those cars were Victoria bound to be left on the siding in Duncan to be picked up by another crew out of Victoria. Many of the cars would be left for interchange with CN. I had read somewhere that freights were running up to 5 days a week at times to Duncan for a while to deal with the brief surge of traffic as a result of CN's slip being shutdown. The first car in the consist looks like it would be for Borden Mercantile and the CN 40ft boxcars destined for BCFP and Johnston Terminals, the CP reefer destined for EH Pope and the LPG cars for ICG and Superior. Thanks for another glimpse into the past.

Re: E&N/SVI photos and video

« Reply #1218 on: May 20th, 2009, 10:20pm »

Typical operations around that time, as I recall, had the Victoria crew running a turn to Malahat three days a week, where they would swap trains with the crew out of Wellcox.

Actually, it is possible that video should have been called "Malahat Turn". My slides over time got labelled with Victoria Turn, Malahat Turn and Duncan Turn. There were no slides of that particular train (a problem when shooting video) and I couldn't remember what term should apply. Should have paid closer attention to that sort of stuff.

ENR3005, thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. Came across a few more scenes showing "Turns" in the vicinity of Nanaimo. They will get posted in time.... hopefully.

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Re: E&N/SVI photos and video

« Reply #1219 on: May 20th, 2009, 10:26pm »

Great vid! And about the frieghtcar breakdown.. to 3005: e.h. pope wasnt a customer yet in 1988 as they didnt seem to start getting cars until around 1990 or so. That warehouse was built around 1983 and was a distribution/ grocery retail called ' distributer foods'. My uncle was in management there at the time and they would recieve up to 6 boxcars at a time but that ended and the business vacated around late 1986. However at the time of the video CP was still unloading a good number of cars in the vic west yard plus standard furniture and the langford siding/team track got cars as well as garden city warehousing on the store street spur.